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Special powers of magistrate.
158. It shall be lawful for a magistrate in any case in Power of which it is proved to his satisfaction that any cockloft, magistrate partition, or shop-division is not in accordance with the removal of
illegal provisions of this Ordinance, to order either in addition to structures. or in substitution for any penalty specified in this Ordinance, the immediate demolition, removal, and destruction thereof or of any portion thereof by any officer deputed by the Building Authority and no compensation shall be payable to any person in respect of any damage done thereto by such demolition, removal and destruction.
magistrate
enter and
159.—(1) If admission to premises for any of the pur- Power of poses of this Ordinance is refused, any magistrate on com- to authorise plaint thereof on oath by any officer authorised by this officer to Ordinance to enter and inspect premises (made after reason- inspect able notice in writing of the intention to make the same has premises. been given to the person having custody of the premises, if such person there be) may, by order under his hand, require the person having the custody of the premises to admit any officer entitled under this Ordinance to inspect the same into the premises during the hours prescribed by this Ordinance, and if no such person can be found the magistrate shall, on oath before him of that fact by order under his hand, authorise any such officer to enter the premises during the prescribed hours.
(2) After a magistrate's order has been obtained unde this section, any officer authorised to inspect premises under this Ordinance may, if necessary, break into the premises named in the order.
(3) Any order made by a magistrate under this section. shall continue in force until the nuisance has been abated or the work for which the entry was necessary has been done.
Building
or exemption
160. Every application for modification of or Power of exemption from any of the provisions of sections 74, 77, 79, Authority 82, 83, 87, 88 and 110, which the Governor in Council is to grant by any of such sections empowered to grant, shall be made modification to the Building Authority in the first instance, and may be in certain granted by him either wholly or in part and with or without cases. conditions; and a certificate under the hand of the Building Authority to the effect that any such modification or exemption has been granted by him shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if such modification or exemption had been granted by the Governor in Council.
Appeal to the Governor in Council.
Governor in
decision of
with powers
161. Whenever any person is dissatisfied with the Appeal to exercise of the discretion of any person to whom discretion- Council ary power is given under this Ordinance in respect of any against act, matter, or thing, which is by this Ordinance made any person subject to the exercise of the discretion of such authority, entrusted or with any action or decision of any such person either as to under this the carrying out of or the meaning of any of the provisions of Ordinance. this Ordinance, or whenever any of the provisions of this Ordin- ance are, owing to special conditions, undesirable, the person so dissatisfied may, unless proceedings have already been taken before a magistrate in relation thereto, appeal to the Governor ir Council, who, if in his opinion the exercise of such discretion or such action or decision requires modification, revocation,
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